You may never see Russian death metal and American Motown on the same stage, but bands from all genres from all over the world seem to have one thing in [...]
Tags: 8 bit, Bombay Bicycle Club, Crystal Abyss, Crystal Antlers, Crystal Castles, Crystal Eyes, Crystal Fighters, Crystal Lake, Crystal Method, Crystal Pistol, Crystal Skulls, Crystal Stilts, Electro, metalcore, Psychedelic, Punk Rock, The Crystals, Tokyo
Indie rock bands who want kids to dance at their shows should study the proven methods of Tokyo’s Boom Boom Satellites. The duo’s secret dance-punk-meets-trip-hop recipe has been winning over [...]
Tags: anime, Appleseed, Beverly Bryan, Boom Boom Satellites, Electro, Masayuki Nakano, Michiyuki Kawashima, New York Comic Con and Anime Festival, Over and Over, Remixes, Tokyo
“HOME’S”, a major Japanese R.E company, has an interesting and very fascinating challenge for the public. If you clear their puzzle on the Internet and get to be a winner, you can [...]
Tags: "HOME'S", Aoyama, contest, Japan, Luxury Apartments, MENSA Japan, puzzle, Roppongi, Tokyo
Rain is in the midst of filming for his new drama, Fugitive, in Tokyo but a picture of Rain and his co-star Lee Jungjin in Shibuya have caught netizen’s attention. [...]
Tags: Controversy, Fugitive, height, Kpop, Lee Jungjin, netizens, Pictures, Rain, Shibuya, Tokyo
4minute made their successful Japanese debut in March and their recent 3-city tour was also a hit. “To celebrate their second Japanese single, I My Me Mine, 4minute had a [...]
Tags: 4Minute, Debut, handshake event, Health, HyunA, I My Me Mine, Japan, Jpop, Kpop, Osaka, Teenagers, Tokyo
Being approached to star in a movie entirely about yourself would give most people an ego trip. However, Kenta Maeno, a 30-something Japanese folk rocker with two albums and a [...]
Tags: Ben Milam, Film Review, Kenta Maeno, Kenta Maeno and the David Bowies, Kichijoji, Live Tape, New York Asian Film Festival, Tetsuaki Matsue, Tokyo, Tsugumi Nagasawa, “Weather Forecast”
Capsule hotels are unique Japanese hotels that have extremely small rooms resembling the capsules we see in science fiction movies. They’re usually located in convenient areas around train stations and they [...]
Tags: 9 hours, Capsule hotel, Capsule Inn Osaka, design, Hotel, Japan, Kisho Kurokawa, Kyoto, Metabolist Movement, Nakagin Capsule Tower, Style, Tokyo
Our last show in Tokyo for the Monster Ball Tour with Lady Gaga was unforgettable. Crazy to see fans from across the globe rocking out to “Girls On The Dance [...]
Tags: Backstage, BAPE, Bape Shoes, fans, Far East Movement, fm, girls on the dance floor, Hip-Hop, International Secret Agents, Japan, kev nish, Lady GaGa, Last Show, like a g6, Live Show, Los Angeles, new album, Nigo, performance, Pop, Tokyo, Tour, Video, Yokohama, Yokohama Arena
It must be a strange sight to look out of the window of your Tokyo flat and see Shugo Tokumaru and his band. But that was certainly them — the [...]
Tags: Experimental Folk, Folk, France, Freak Folk, guitar, Japan, La Blogotheque, Linne, Live, music video, Port Entropy, Streets of Tokyo, Tokyo
Hi Iggy, Kev Nish here from Japan. First two shows in Osaka/ Kobe were fly like a G6… Got to experience a grip of cool ish out there but we [...]
Tags: Bullet Train, Cherrytree Records, Far East Movement, fm, iPod, Japan, Kobe, Lady GaGa, Tokyo, Tour, upcoming album
MTV Iggy locked on to Far East Movement waaaay back in 2006. We invited the group to perform at a MTV Chi Rocks concert and have cheered them on ever [...]
Tags: Backstage, Bands on Tour, Cherrytree Records, dj virman, fans, Far East Movement, girls on the dance floor, Go Ape, Interscope, Japan, kev nish, Kobe, Kobe World Kinen Hall, L.A., Lady GaGa, like a g6, Martin Kierszenbaum, Monkey, Monster Ball, Monster Ball Tour, Posters, Prohgress, Sold Out, Soundcheck, Stu Levy, Tickets, Tokyo, Tokypop
This weekend saw the Asian International Dog Show — and pups from all over the continent poured into Tokyo, to be groomed, cuddled, inspected, and — of course — photographed. [...]
Tags: Adorable, Asia, Asian International Dog Show, Bichon Frise, Bichon Frisee, Britney Spears, Chihuahua, Cute, Dog Show, Grooming, Japan, Lauren Bacall, Pomeranian, Pomeranians, Poodles, puppies, Tokyo
This weekend is a peak of cherry blossom (“hanami”) viewing in the Tokyo area. People enjoy walking beneath hanami in the park. Here is a funny video about “The Rule [...]
Tags: Business, Business Culture, cherry blossom, Culture, Hanami, Japan, skaura, Style, Tokyo, Video, YouTube
If you’ve ever got a date to have one of those awkward dinners where you’re meeting up with someone to whom you’re pretty sure you’ve got nothing to say, it’s [...]
Tags: Akihabara, anime, Cross Dressing, Cross-dressing maids, crossplay, Culture & Society, Food, Japan, Medieval Times, New Type Cafe, Otaku, Photo of the Day, Photography, photo_of_the_day, Rainforest Cafe, Taboos, Theme Restaurants, Tokyo
Last year, a picture was floating around the newswires of Kirsten Dunst, all dolled out in an anime-inspired outfit, wandering Tokyo. Back then, we guessed it was her attempt at [...]
Tags: Akihabara, anime, art, Harajuku, Kirsten Dunst, London, McG, Pop Art, Racist, Takashi Murakami, Tate, Tate Modern, Teh Vapors, The Tate, The Vapors, Tokyo, Turning Japanese, Video
Chinese New Year isn’t just for China anymore. My first real Chinese New Year’s was in Beijing in 2008, when I learned to make dumplings, took a nap, and watched [...]
Tags: Banned, Baozi, Beijing, Belleville, chinese new year, Chyinese New Year, Cleaning, DeNada, DJ Jose, DJ Shima, Dragons, Fashion Show, First Bar, Floats, Flushing, Food, Fortune Cookie, Golden Dragon, Gum Lung, Helsinki, Hong Kong in London, Hua qiao, Jakarta, Jaozi, Kue Lapis, Lantern Festival, Layered Cake, Miss Chinatown, MOCA New York, Natalie Chan, New Year's, New Zealand, Oranges, Overseas Chinese, Paris, Parties, Party Time, Queens, San Francisco, Shaftesbury Avenue, Soeharto, Sydney, Taipei, The Mets, Things to Do, This Weekend, Tiger, Tokyo, Trafalgar Square, Union Street, Voon, Wellington, White Tiger, Xin Nian Kuai Le, Xinhua, Year of the Tiger, Yuan Xiao Jie, Zantis, Zodiac
This weekend presents the intersection of my three favorite events — Chinese New Year, Valentine’s Day, and President’s Day. Okay, well not President’s Day. But I do care a lot [...]
Tags: Angela Merkel, Bakers, Baking, Bipasha Basu, China, Chocolate, Chocolate Spa, Cookies, Diamonds, German Gardening Association, Germany, Global, Godiva, Hakone, India, Japan, Kissing, Kissing Competition, Muslim, Pakistan, Photos, romance, Sea Lions, Seals, Shanghai, shopping, Spa, Takishamaya, Tet, Tokyo, USA, Valentine's Day, Vietnam, Zhengda plaza
To win the crown, trophy, and red-ribbon that festoons a “Miss Japan,” one must both parade around a hotel ballroom in an aqua bikini and gracefully look natural in a [...]
Tags: Aimi Azuma, Ami Suzuki, beautiful women, Beauty Contest, Bikinis, Hanako Suzuki, Hot women, Japan, Kagawa, Kyoko Honda, Mana Hayashi, Mina Hayashi, Miss Japan, Sayo Koijima, Sayo Kojima, Sexy Ladies, Swimsuit Contest, Tokyo
“Save some face, you know you’ve only got one. Change your ways when you’re young.” It seems The Killers’ took their own advice. The band’s saved face, bucked up to their exhaustion and they’retaking a break from their nearly non-stop touring schedule for “unforseen circumstances.” What totally STINKS is that they’ve canceled all its gigs in Asia. Want your money back? We’ll tell you how.
Tags: Asia, Asia Tour, Australia Tour, Beijing, Brandon Flowers, Dave Keuning, Hong Kong, How to Get Refunds, Information, Las Vegas, Live Nation, Manila, O Music, Odyssey, Philippines, Refunds, Save Face, Seoul, Singapore, Smile Like You Mean It, Somebody Told Me, The Killers, Ticketnet, Ticketworld, Tokyo, Tour, Tour Dates, Unforseen Circumstances
